Survey Takers
Survey takers, are the web site survey companies for real? By paying them, can you really take surveys for money or does it just make them money by paying them a subscription to their list? Coleen, the RVing editor replies: Taking Online Surveys for Pay I think you've hit it on the head with your latter suggestion -- they make money when you pay a fee to sign up to work for them. There are legitimate jobs doing surveys. However, if a company is hiring you to be a survey taker, they should be paying you. I don't know of any employer who charges a fee to an employee for filling a job position. Now, just to clarify, if you are starting your own business, then you would have start-up fees. Those fees could legitimately include a membership fee, a franchise fee, a subscription fee, or the requirement that you buy a start-up kit. Starting a business is not getting a job, where you work for someone else -- it is becoming self-employed where you work for yourself. I have heard from RVers who take online surveys for the fun of it. It seems there are plenty of places you can do so without having to pay a subscription fee. Some report receiving small checks. Mostly, it seems, they receive points that they might be able to later redeem for prizes or merchandise.
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